i found that when i stopped drinking water with meals everything balanced out. i drink 1 hr after a meal to not dilute my stomach acid so more nutrients are absorbed. at first it was tough waiting a hour because i was so use to drinking while eating, but when i became use to it i feel more hydrated. i usually drink about 20 oz of water when the hour is up, and i'm full, and hydrated for hours. food, and drinks don't even cross my mind.

I live in the desert in central Australia. The heat is overwhelming and before going carnivore would easily drink 4 litres of water daily. Even then my body would feel over heated internally. Since going carnivore I’ve found that I naturally drink much less and at the same time am coping with heat better. I drink snake juice, salty bone broth, and juice from pickles. I have a glass of sparkling mineral water 🚿 n the evening. I’m not a tea or coffee drinker. As for fresh water I’m only drinking maybe 1 liter/day now. Which keeps those precious minerals in my body where I need them.

Pink sea salt and lime juice in water, add ice and shake, very hydrating. Straight water does nothing to quench my thirst.

One of the great protagonist of carnivore diet, Ajonous Vonderplanetz says that its not water but fat that hydrates you. So if you are on this diet, make sure to keep your fat to protein ratio correct.

So true my thirst dramatically changed, i am not thirsty except around bedtime and it’s a natural instinct of the body because the body knows it’s going to be 7 hours without water… so it ignites a slight thirst sensation. I drink a bit of dark cocoa powder with lukewarm water and sometimes a little bit of fat cream, but often without cream; also herbal tea, but total fluids for me it’s 700 mL per day, i don’t need more and don’t feel dehydrated. I don’t drink black green white tea and i don’t drink milk (too heavy to digest!) and no coffee. The body knows exactly what it needs, pay close attention to its signals and follow along. Btw, i am more thirsty in winter because my apartment becomes very dry and i spend a lot of time indoors - my body automatically craves mineral supplements; i don’t even need to think about it because my subconscious mind takes me to the exact shelf in the store and i just pick the supplements. The body is an intelligent organism, it’s actually quite amazing! ❤️

Hi, ive had all the same issues as you and corrected them. You have made a good start with what you are saying but missing some key points. Water 'doesnt' hydrate you it dehydrates you. This is the cause of all your symptoms. People are dehydrated with water. This dehydration causes every physical and mental symptom you can think of. It can't hydrate cells as it doesn't trigger insulin to be carried into the cells. For every gram of carbohydrate you store it will store 3 - 4 grams of water. On carnivore with no carbs without this storage you will feel dehydration at full force. This is also known as the keto flu. People doing 80 10 10 and carnivore can become symptom free as they are massively removing salt intake which means less thirst. The reason some people say you need salt is because they are always drinking liquids. Carnivore should be done with absolutely minimum water otherwise you will just feel worse and worse. However, it isnt necessary to do a carnivore diet to heal all you need to do is lower salt, refined sugars , alcohol and caffeine and so you will need to drink less and less. Even too many vegetables can cause issues with too much water (The Petersons have learnt this) Our bodies will extract the water it needs naturally from our foods, it just isn't necessary to keep drinking liquids. This is why people who drink water are always thirsty. When you are truly thirsty just take a few sips until you are no longer thirsty. Water causes dehydration, dehydration thickens the blood which then means sugar gets trapped in the blood and then say hello to diabetes, arthritis, fibromyalgia etc etc

2 tablesppons of apple cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and water 3 times a day, and at night 1 teaspoon of real salt, 1 tablesppon of lemon juice,1 tablespoon of lime juice and water at night before I go to bed.

There's a natural spring by me it's an artesian spring when I get drink water from there I can drink a couple cups or 1 cup and be hydrated all day. The water that comes from the earth is way different

I've found that these diets, usually low carb, dehydrated the hell out of me, but makes the body more efficient at using food and water. You will find you can gain weight, but barely lose it. You can gain a lot of fat but not much water. But if you drink lots of water again, and go on a normalised diet, you return back to normal. By the way, I've been on vegetarian/vegan as well. They do the opposite. Hydrate you really well but no fat.

I started a much higher fat and moderate protein carnivor diet, I've noticed I'm not as thirsty, and this has been the only thing I've ever done that has solved the constipation problem for me, the fat is immediate fuel for the body and fat does makes you feel full. It also helps with depression because it reduces the stress hormone Cortisol, they call it carnivor fat fasting, check it out, and it may help.

I have been carnivore since the beginning of October. I was very thirsty in the beginning and I had so dry lips. Then I was only using pink himalayan salt. Now I use a salt that has 30% sodium and 70% potassium. I know that it is processed but it has really helped me and I'm not that thirsty anymore. I live in Finland, so it is really cold now and that is why I only drink herbal teas as ginger, peppermint and basil.

They always say LMNT ELECTROLYTES UNFLAVOURED

I think winter is a problem because most people have their thermostat set too high... Water isn't usually an issue for me, but during the week I had to sleep in a room that was warmer than I'm used to and needed water every couple of hours during the night and into the next day.

I used to drank a lot of fluids. But my thirst remains lower as long as I maintain high fat intake, taurine and electrolyte supplementation, and deuterium depleted water. I'm down to sipping 40 ounces of water a day and it's about 80 ppm deuterium. I'm shifting from using LMNT electrolytes to Quinton minerals. Sometimes when thirsty, I'll instead eat some cultured goat ghee and see if my thirst goes away.

I drink "a bit" ( few ozs ) of RAW / UNPASTURIZED cow's milk. I drink ever-so-slightly more water than milk. I, too, notice some time of "weakness". I've used magnesium ... till concerns mounted, there-with. I learned the IMPORTANCE of MASTICATING really well, including sloshing my milk around, in my mouth, trying to blend it well with saliva and have noticed improvements.

coffee backs me up. I feel the same way bro , just like you said.

Add sea salt I use pink sea salt for minerals and NO SALT for potassium, I also take magnesium citrate to keep me moving.

I still drink water on carnivore diet maybe 1litre as well as coffee, collagen and Himalayan salt with apple cedar vinegar. And i eat every 18hours or every 24hours alternate. Then I exercise alternate yoga, treadmill and biking. I lose wieght 10kilo in a week.

I started drinking mineral water a week ago. it's naturally carbonated and has a especially high mineral content inc potassium and magnesium content. I can't tell yet how it's affecting me. l I used to put Celtic salt in my water but then I started having it a few times a day in broth instead. I've also reduced my water intake and only drink pure water meaning I don't drink tea (histamines), coffee, veg juices,...like always your topic and take on it parallels my own selfcare!!

I'm not sure if this is allowed on a carnivore diet. But I am just leaving a raw vegan diet, and looking into some of these things. Especially the carnivore diet. I will say a raw vegan diet is quite hydrating (tho I'm leaving it for other reasons.) So I'm not enjoying being less hydrated now. However, even on that diet I still needed a drink every day. And water alone just wouldn't cut it. I would juice fruits and veggies as well, but what became my staple drink...literally nothing would feel hydrating so well as this. Or taste as absolutely fantastic, either. And that is watermelon juice. I always love to make it with a few mint leaves, and a handful of spinach. Juiced in with the watermelon. It does make it an ugly color, but the spinach adds the perfect balance so it's not just a plain sweet juice. I drink a quart of it like my body CRAVES it. And I could drink water all day long, it wouldn't hydrate me like this would. So...like I said, I'm not sure if that's allowed on a carnivore diet. But I am sort of wanting to try the carnivore diet, and I'm not sure I can give up my juices. Besides the fact. I like I can still get some vitamins from them as well. But I tell you...not even coconut water is a match for watermelon juice 😁 Try it, and you'll feel satisfied immediately. P.s. Juices also make your skin glow. I like to call them my natural makeup, from the inside 😄 One juice is enough to set you glowing for the day. Altho. ...a green juice seems to "glow" you the most.

So far the carnivore diet has been good for me, not the panacea that they make it out to be online (I'm generally a healthy man thank God) but I am noticing a reduction in my sweat/heat intolerance which is what made me try the diet in the first place as a process of elimination since no doctor or medical exam found anything wrong with me that might be causing what to me felt like abnormal levels of sweating after very little activity and/or heat. Interestingly *water* and hydration has been the most puzzling aspect of the diet. At first I felt thirsty ALL THE TIME and water only seemed to quench my thirst for like half an hour if at all and I number #1'd way too fast after drinking it. Something wasn't right. Online I found out that this was actually something to keep in mind in this diet and they recommended adding salt but preferably electrolytes to water. In the water purification community it is said that adding Himalayan salt to RO water adds trace minerals back to the water so I already had some (I don't usually put it in because in my country we are used to drinking RO water without it being mineralized) so I tried that and it worked more or less, I still feel relatively thirsty often. Interestingly, once I got electrolytes (hi-lyte) and used them exclusively on the water the unquenchable thirst returned after a day or so and I had to go back to adding Himalayan salt. I felt it in my kidneys that they were working overtime too. Who knows what they're selling as electrolytes these days but they didn't seem to help me. My body lacking water might be why my sweat levels have been reduced too. I feel generally ok besides this, I don't feel low energy levels, I don't feel like I'm missing bowel movements etc. but the hydration aspect of the diet might be the reason why I'll end up dropping it since who knows what long-term effects it might have on me or my kidneys. We definitely need more studies regarding this and since I'm generally healthy I don't _need_ this diet. It's unfortunate, I liked some of the effects I've noticed. I liked not having to number #2 (or f art) often. Also, despite eating only animal products I'm spending like 2/3rds of what I use to spend on food monthly since the diet forces you to avoid most fast food/takeout. Hopefully they figure the hydration aspect in the future because the diet seems right. It's mindblowing to me that animal based food is evidently easier for us to digest than plant-based ones.

This is what I recommend; table salt is bad for you because it has been stripped of it's mineral content, a good himilayan pink salt will have up to 91 minerals and trace minerals. I would make snake juice; 1 litre of water with a tspn of him salt, a tspn of no salt (potassium), and a tspn of magnesium. We do need to keep our electrolytes up on this diet. You can find the recipe online on KZfaq

You can get backed up on the carnivore diet by having too much calcium, mainly from overconsuming cheese.

Like you I have to watch these things very carefully. I was told right at the beginning that i had to drink a lot or my kidneys would eventually become affected because it is so hard to be fully hydrated without a colon. Add the keto or carnivore way of eating into the mix and hydration is really hard. Not sure I've got it right yet but I drink two litres of water a day, as water, mineral water, decaff tea and decaff coffee. In each pint I add 1/2 tsp potassium citrate and 1/8 tsp sodium (celtic sea salt) and I take magnesium tablets three times a day. I do not do well with sodium, it gives me migraines, so I am careful with it. One source recommends 4:1 potassium:sodium ratio as being what we would have evolved with originally. I also take extra multi B vits because they get washed out so easily even though they are high in a carnivore diet. But I only eat meat once a day, I eat eggs for one meal and fish for the third if i am eating three meals a day: on the days when I only eat once or twice it is usually fish and meat, or eggs and meat. Trying not to get sensitised to eggs!! As it is, blood tests show my kidneys not doing well now, after 50 years with no colon: but my GP thinks this may be a false reading because I may just never be fully hydrated when the blood tests are done. Either way, it suggests that I haven't cracked it yet. We lose one litre of water each night just through sweating and respiration, which needs to be replaced early after waking: I am thinking of trying to drink that before breakfast as I do not think it is good to drink a large amount with meals. I'd be interested to learn how you go with this! Thank you so much for raising the subject. Oh yes, one more thing, sorry! When we are fat adapted and have body fat to burn, we do not need so much water because water is a byproduct of fat metabolism: but if we have very little body fat, then of course we will need more water as muscle does not store water as well as fat.

The only thing that hydrates me on carnivore is water mixed with salt, magnesium and potassium. I use 0.5L water, pinch of salt, 500mg Mg and 500Mg potassion. Otherwise I get very unwell, mentally and physically. Regular water dehydrates me fast

I drink a little over 1 litre of mineral water and 1 pint of raw milk kefir a day. I used to wake up during the night needing a drink but since I started the carnivore diet I don't wake up anymore. I tend to only drink around eating times although I hear that's not great for you. I have also had my colon removed

hey Chris, do you have an update on how you've been doing with hydration and your current hydration regiment?

Now, what did you solve this difficult transitional period? Because we need to store minerals in our body, and these we all miss you so much

You might need electrolytes. Add to your drink. Water and tea…you can add e,evtrolytes to coffee also.

Funny I can't do salt at all or I pee and drink water like crazy. So i eat my meat plain man and it taste better.

I have issues with water, if I drink too much I get dehydrated headache and a rash. So I don't try drink much anymore. You should consider raw meat, all digestive issues go away if you stop cooking your food. Most issues are caused by rendered fat. Never really heard of anyone being constipated on this diet, more the opposite.

Mountain stream water out in the wilderness is amazing and thirst quenching but most other water from the tap is inferior shit

Kefir and salt lemoned water with ice

I thinking celery juice, VP is doing Coconut water. I think I would do so but only form raw form. I order some Ghee and cacao butter, also bought OPTIMUM NUTRITION Opti-Men, Mens Daily Multivitamin.

I drink beef broth.

Yeah, been on Carnivore diet for a couple of weeks and I'm dehydrated. Dry mouth, and swollen glands on both sides of my neck under my jaw... Drinking water isn't helping. I've just eaten some carbohydrates to try and resolve the issue, we'll see what happens.

That drink you spoke about is literally just going to make you shit lol.

Bacon and cheese make me thirsty

Where did you hide yourself or you halted your KZfaq, didn't you?

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By the way, lions don't salt their food.

So what do wolves drink ? Bloody Marys ? With real blood ? I can't take anyone younger than my jockstrap seriously when it comes to drinking water.